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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder was surrounded by lawmakers and retail representatives in mid-January when he signed the Mainstreet Fairness Act, designed to make remote retailers — those that sell their products online or by catalog — collect and pay Michigan sales and use taxes, like their land-based counterparts.

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The Michigan Board of State Canvassers quickly designated the May 5 ballot proposal to increase the state sales tax from 6 percent to 7 percent as Proposal 15-1 Thursday afternoon. Agreeing on the language of the proposal took about an hour longer.